Iron beam under construction at Carnegie Steel Company's Homestead Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for New York City's Empire State Building construction. American Bridge Company's Plant at Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Fabrication for engineering design. They place plates and fix it in frame for drilling. Workers drill cover and wing bearing plates by drill machine. Plates are placed to column shaft. Workers bring down the plates by crane and place it over beam.
Iron beam under construction at Carnegie Steel Company's Homestead Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for construction of the Empire State Building in New York City. American Bridge Company's Plant at Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Riveting iron beam. Drill machine rivet C B section of the beam. Worker rivet side web section of the beam with a machine.
Iron beam under construction at Carnegie Steel Company's Homestead Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Empire State Building construction in New York City. American Bridge Company's Plant at Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Worker hammers side web section and insert it to iron beam. Double end milling machine finishes column to proper length from both the ends.
Iron beam under construction at Carnegie Steel Company's Homestead Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Empire State Building construction in New York City. American Bridge Company's Plant at Ambridge, Pennsylvania. A man shows parts of finished column with the help of a pointer. Animation shows the assembly of beam parts. Wing plates placed. Placement of cover plates. Side web section insertion. Other small parts assembled on beam. Finished beam carried by a crane and placed on a carrier truck. Workers observe the transfer.
Activities of Japanese people in Japan. People go in Public Health Clinic. Women sit in line at clinic. Nurse places thermometer in a woman's mouth. A lady doctor examines a boy with stethoscope. Boys receive chest X-Rays. Little children weighed in baskets by nurses. Dentist examines little girl's teeth. Teacher lectures at a Nursing class and nurses under training take notes. Nurses check patients' blood pressure. Nurse brings tray of food to woman on bed. Farms on hill side. Men and women plow farms. Water besides the farm. United States freighter at port. Fertilizer sacks are lowered down to port. Farmers spread fertilizers in a farm. They use their feet to mix fertilizer with soil. Horse drawn thrasher in the farm. Men and women sow rice plants in water filled paddies. Laborers dig new hilly land for re plantation. Farmers trained in farming school for practical work. They plow and spray chemical.
San Francisco Peace Treaty conference with Japan, in San Francisco, California. Beginning shows the War Memorial Opera House and Van Ness Avenue. U.S. President Harry S Truman steps to a podium, at the Opera House, to address delegates at the conference. With him on the stage are Dr. Warren Kelchner, Temporary Chairperson of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference, Governor Earl Warren of California, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Next, Dean Acheson is seen seated at the center of a table with Dr. Kelchner, at his right, as Soviet representative Andrei A. Gromyko steps to the microphone and speaks. (Narrator says he raises complaint about rules of procedure.) Dean Acheson removes his translating headset in frustration. Next, a representative of Poland comes to the microphone, and calls for delays. View of delegates in the audience. New Zealand representative, Sir Carl August Berendsen, takes the stand to renounce delaying tactics. Audience members applaud. Carlos P. RĂ³mulo, of the Philippines, speaks in support of the treaty. John foster Dulles, of the United States, steps to the podium to speak for the treaty. Next, Japanese Premier, Shigeru Yoshida, referring to notes in a roll of paper, endorses the treaty. Audience applauds. Secretary of State Acheson is seen signing the treaty for the United States, followed by representatives of: Australia; Cambodia; Great Britain; Ceylon; France; Indonesia; Philippines; and Pakistan. Next, the Japanese delegation comes forward, and Prime Minster Shingera Yoshida, signs the historic document. Closeups of ordinary Japanese from all walks of life. Japanese people commuting to work.
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